Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle

Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (24 June 1942-) was President of Chile from 11 March 1994 to 11 March 2000, succeeding Patricio Aylwin and preceding Ricardo Lagos. He was the son of the assassinated former President Eduardo Frei Montalva and, like his father, was a Christian Democratic Party of Chile member.

Biography
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle was born in Santiago, Chile in 1942, the son of Eduardo Frei Montalva. He studied engineering and in 1988 sold the shares of his business to turn to politics. Frei was elected Senator for the Metropolitan Region in 1989, and he beceame chairman of the Christian Democratic Party of Chile in 1991 and was elected President on 11 December 1993 with 58% of the vote. He sought to stabilize the country's fragile democracy without upsetting the powerful military, still led by Augusto Pinochet, and he became a Senator-for-Life after leaving the presidency; in 2006, he became Senator for Los Rios and President of the Senate. In 2009, he was narrowly defeated in the presidential election by Sebastian Pinera.